[RWP] Fw: Support: Alchemy/Alchemy player accessibility

Roy Shtupler shtupler at 013.net
Tue Oct 2 19:17:37 EDT 2012 

will keep you posted.
best
Roy.
http://elephant-dolphin.bandcamp.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David P Shortland" <dragamilov at comcen.com.au>
To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 10:45 PM
Subject: Re: [RWP] Fw: Support: Alchemy/Alchemy player accessibility


> Hi & Greetings from a Rainy Queensland
>
> Excellent Roy! It brings a warmth to ones heart knowing that there are 
> programmers & coders willing to take the time to help on such matters.
>
> Alchemy has had some great reviews, and as I mentioned previously, the 
> sounds are definitelyout there....
>
> Let us know how you go...
>
> Take care
>
> David
> DragonScore Productions
>
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Roy Shtupler
> Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 4:27 AM
> To: Reapers Without Peepers
> Subject: Re: [RWP] Fw: Support: Alchemy/Alchemy player accessibility
>
> agree; am seriously considering the full version; they have a discount til
> oct 15th.
> best
> Roy.
> http://elephant-dolphin.bandcamp.com
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Chris Belle" <cb1963 at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "Reapers Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 8:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [RWP] Fw: Support: Alchemy/Alchemy player accessibility
>
>
>>    Now how nice is that?
>>
>> that's excellent Roy.
>>
>>
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>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Roy Shtupler" <shtupler at 013.net>
>> To: <midimag at midimag.org>; <realmusicians at freelists.org>; "Reapers 
>> Without Peepers" <rwp at reaaccess.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 1:01 PM
>> Subject: [RWP] Fw: Support: Alchemy/Alchemy player accessibility
>>
>>
>>> hi friends
>>> this is the response I received from CamelAudio support; I'll definitely 
>>> make a skype session with them and do it.
>>> best
>>> Roy.
>>> http://elephant-dolphin.bandcamp.com
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Camel Audio Support" <support at camelaudio.com>
>>> To: <shtupler at 013.net>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2012 3:46 PM
>>> Subject: Re: (Case 27150) CASupport: Alchemy/Alchemy player 
>>> accessibility
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Roy,
>>>
>>> Thank you for writing, and for your interest in Alchemy. You are correct 
>>> that the text is bitmapped, thus preventing your screen reader from 
>>> being able to pick up on the text.
>>>
>>> We've had some discussions about switching from bitmapped text, but this 
>>> would be a very large programming task and so it is not something we 
>>> could do for Alchemy 1.x releases. Possible for v2 or beyond, but no 
>>> decisions have been made yet on it, as it would require quite a large 
>>> investment in time and money to accomplish anything near full screen 
>>> reader compatibility for Alchemy - due to the very visual nature of how 
>>> some of the current editing features were designed.
>>>
>>> That said, a few months ago I was able to help a blind customer get 
>>> setup with Alchemy Player. This is how we approached it...
>>>
>>> Additional hardware/software required:
>>>
>>> A MIDI controller with a large selection of knobs, sliders, and or 
>>> touch-pads is needed. Optimally, with enough MIDI transmitting controls 
>>> to cover 19 parameters in Alchemy Player.
>>>
>>> A free program called Auto Hotkey is also needed. This program lets you 
>>> record your mouse movements and keystrokes, then play them back by 
>>> running the script file. http://www.autohotkey.com/
>>>
>>> Another free program, called TeamViewer, is also required. This is used 
>>> to let me remotely control the customer's computer, to help setup the 
>>> HotKey script and assign the MIDI controls.
>>>
>>> The last program we'd need is Skype, so we can talk during the setup 
>>> process.
>>>
>>> The process for getting everything working is relatively straight 
>>> forward, so this is something that a sighted friend could assist you 
>>> with if you would prefer that to having me remotely control your 
>>> computer.
>>>
>>> Step 1: Loading of presets / SFZ files.
>>>
>>> For you to be able to load files into Alchemy Player, the movement of a 
>>> mouse clicking on the File button would need to be recorded. From there, 
>>> your screen reader could take over as it would recognize the text in the 
>>> menu. Selecting the Load option would launch a standard system file 
>>> loading browser, that your screen reader would also recognize.
>>>
>>> Note: for this to work, the synth would need to always load into the 
>>> exact same spot on your screen. Otherwise Auto HotKey would miss the 
>>> file button.
>>>
>>> Step 2: Controlling the parameters.
>>>
>>> Alchemy Player's "Performance Controls" can be assigned to hardware 
>>> controls via a MIDI Learn function. To assign them, someone would need 
>>> to right click on a parameter, then select MIDI Learn from the menu. You 
>>> would then move a knob/slider on your controller and Alchemy would 
>>> assign that MIDI CC number to the performance control. Doing this for 
>>> each of the performance controls would allow you to make an excellent 
>>> range of adjustments to the presets.
>>>
>>> The functions that are actually assigned to performance controls is up 
>>> to the sound designer who created the preset. As a result, the effect 
>>> moving a knob has on the sound can be different from preset to preset. 
>>> However, in all cases, the we've made sure that only the most useful 
>>> functions for that sound were assigned to controls.
>>>
>>> Note: if you load an SFZ or WAV file instead of an Alchemy Preset, 
>>> Alchemy Player automatically assigns the most commonly used functions to 
>>> the controls.
>>>
>>> Once you can trigger the script to click the file button, and the MIDI 
>>> controls are assign to Alchemy Player's performance controls, you'll 
>>> have nearly full access to all the features of the synth.
>>>
>>> Of course this is only a small portion of the controls available in the 
>>> full version of Alchemy, but it would at least let you load sounds and 
>>> make adjustments to them.
>>>
>>> I should also mention that Alchemy Player is limited to only loading 
>>> presets created/sold by us. The settings for sounds you modified would 
>>> be remembered in your song, but could not be saved as a new preset that 
>>> could be recalled for future projects. For that functionality, the full 
>>> version of Alchemy would be required. However, the same hotkey script 
>>> and MIDI CC mapping for the performance controls would still be 
>>> applicable to the full version of Alchemy.
>>>
>>> If you would like me to help you get setup for using Alchemy or Alchemy 
>>> Player in the way I've discussed above - or if you would like some 
>>> advice while a friend helps set things up - then just let me know.
>>>
>>> Chris
>>> ==========================================
>>> Camel Audio Support
>>> http://www.camelaudio.com
>>> ==========================================
>>>
>>> You can check the status of your enquiry here:
>>> https://camelaudio.fogbugz.com/default.asp?27150_11kov8bcd1fq8esl
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: "shtupler at 013.net" <shtupler at 013.net>
>>> Reply-To: shtupler at 013.net
>>> Date: 1 Oct 2012 22:28:01 +0100
>>> To: "support at camelaudio.com" <support at camelaudio.com>
>>> Subject: CASupport: Alchemy/Alchemy player accessibility
>>>
>>>>Product: Alchemy Player
>>>>
>>>>hi all
>>>>
>>>>my name is Roy , a musician and computer programmer.
>>>>
>>>>am now testing v1.25 of Alchemy player , and wish to also test v1.50 of 
>>>>the full Alchemy demo.
>>>>
>>>>my hosts are Reaper v4 and Sonar 8.5.3.
>>>>
>>>>since being blind , am using a screen reader to help me interact with my 
>>>>windows pc.
>>>>
>>>>first , I am glad to say a big thank you for the large list of 
>>>>automatable parameters; this allows us to access and tweak parameters 
>>>>using our host's generic ParameterName/value method and change the 
>>>>values this way.
>>>>
>>>>as for the native interface , unfortunately my screen reading progrmas 
>>>>can't see anything on this window; it appears as totally blank , with 
>>>>just the title visible.
>>>>
>>>>so I can't access the file menu or any other element that doesn't appear 
>>>>on the automatable parameters list.
>>>>
>>>>tried changing the GuiMode parameter in the config file from 0 to 1 , 
>>>>didn't make any difference.
>>>>
>>>>I suspect the text is bit-mapped , therefore would greatly appreciate 
>>>>the possibility of switching from bit-mapped to normal ascii text , e.g 
>>>>via a setting in the registry or the config file; maybe adding keyboard 
>>>>shortcuts to elements such as the menus would be a wonderful solution to 
>>>>start with.
>>>>
>>>>please correct me if something's already there and I'm missing out on 
>>>>it.
>>>>
>>>>I know many blind musicians/sound designers who'd be really eager to use 
>>>>this powerful synth/sample manipulation tool.
>>>>
>>>>imagine all the wonderful things I could do , using even my own samples 
>>>>with its morphing and granular features.
>>>>
>>>>I truely hope we can work together to make Alchemy/Alchemy player more 
>>>>accessible to us.
>>>>
>>>>keep up this wonderful instrument
>>>>
>>>>Roy.
>>>>
>>>
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